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Vassily Nebenzia at UNSC: “PMCs of Poland and the United States have been carrying out an active recruitment campaign, seeking to get new cannon fodder to fight for the Zelensky regime”

11:41 02.11.2024

Vassily Nebenzia at UNSC: “PMCs of Poland and the United States have been carrying out an active recruitment campaign, seeking to get new cannon fodder to fight for the Zelensky regime”

Statement by Permanent Representative of Russia Vassily Nebenzia at UN Security Council briefing on Western Arms Supplies to Ukraine. Key points. - The Russian Army is successfully progressing with its offensive campaign in key areas. Even Western military experts cannot deny this; according to the data they provide, we have …

View from London: How quickly would Trump wash his hands of Ukraine?

11:40 02.11.2024

View from London: How quickly would Trump wash his hands of Ukraine?

With Joe Biden riding into the sunset and the presidential campaign drawing to a close, American interest in Ukraine is winding down, too. Europeans talking tough about ‘standing up’ to Russia had better be prepared to do so on their own. The next president will find the domestic pressure to …

Russian forces neutralise and secure Leopard 2A6 tank in Kursk region. What are German tanks doing on Russian soil?

11:39 02.11.2024

Russian forces neutralise and secure Leopard 2A6 tank in Kursk region. What are German tanks doing on Russian soil?

Footage released from near the border areas of the Russian Kursk region has confirmed the neutralisation of a Ukrainian Army Leopard 2A6 main battle tank, which was subsequently secured by Russian forces. The capture of the vehicle, which had been acquired by Ukraine in relatively few numbers due to its …

FT: German coalition teeters on brink of break-up

11:39 02.11.2024

FT: German coalition teeters on brink of break-up

Chancellor Olaf Scholz held a much-vaunted “industrial summit”, sitting down with business leaders and union bosses to figure out how to pull Germany out of its current malaise. Pointedly left off the guest list: his own finance and economy ministers. Robert Habeck, the economy minister, responded by unveiling plans for …

Pepe Escobar: BRICS make History

11:37 02.11.2024

Pepe Escobar: BRICS make History

The not so simple twists of fate always allow certain cities to make their mark in History in ineffable ways. Yalta. Bretton Woods. Bandung – a 1955 de-colonization staple. And now Kazan, stresses Pepe Escobar, a well-known geopolitical analyst, writer and journalist. The BRICS summit in Kazan, capital of Tatarstan, …

View from London: “Ukraine is now struggling to survive, not to win”

12:24 01.11.2024

View from London: “Ukraine is now struggling to survive, not to win”

In public, Mr Austin America’s defence secretary, offered certitude, confidence and clarity: “Moscow will never prevail in Ukraine.” In private, his colleagues in the Pentagon, Western officials and many Ukrainian commanders are increasingly concerned about the direction of the war and Ukraine’s ability to hold back Russian advances over the …

Israel’s ‘zugzwang’ moment with Iran

12:22 01.11.2024

Israel’s ‘zugzwang’ moment with Iran

A senior US official told Washington Post that the toned-down early morning Israeli strike Saturday on military targets in Iran was a “proportional strike,” which “was moderate enough to quiet the conflict without provoking Iran into a counterattack.” However, Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu insisted in a speech on Sunday: …

Troops of India and China are making progress in implementing the agreement to disengage from the friction points in the eastern Ladakh border

12:21 01.11.2024

Troops of India and China are making progress in implementing the agreement to disengage from the friction points in the eastern Ladakh border

The process follows the agreement between the two countries on patrolling and disengagement of troops along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in eastern Ladakh, a major breakthrough to end the over four-year standoff, bringing a fresh thaw in their frosty ties, ‘The India Times’ stresses. The Chinese military on …

Oh! What a corruption in Pentagon – US Air Force wildly overpaid Boeing by almost 8,000%!

12:19 01.11.2024

Oh! What a corruption in Pentagon – US Air Force wildly overpaid Boeing by almost 8,000%!

US Air Force wildly overpaid Boeing by almost 8,000% for C-17 aircraft bathroom soap dispensers, Pentagon watchdog finds, CBS News informs. The Air Force overpaid for soap dispensers used in the bathrooms of C-17 military aircraft by 7,943% — or more than 80 times the price of similar commercially available …

Vassily Nebenzia at UNSC: “Today, we are getting increasingly convinced, as we are listening to the lamentations of the US and its satellites. Today’s show is being performed to achieve one goal only – to justify “post factum” their own decision to send NATO troops to shore up the regime of the expired Kiev dictator”

13:18 31.10.2024

Vassily Nebenzia at UNSC: “Today, we are getting increasingly convinced, as we are listening to the lamentations of the US and its satellites. Today’s show is being performed to achieve one goal only – to justify “post factum” their own decision to send NATO troops to shore up the regime of the expired Kiev dictator”

Statement by Permanent Representative Vassily Nebenzia at UNSC briefing on Ukraine: Madam President, When we learned about the request for today's UNSC briefing, we were, frankly speaking, taken aback by the cynicism and brazenness of our Western colleagues and their egregious double standards. We understand perfectly well that the situation …

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